"The delicious language and ingenious metamorphoses, rendered in pencil and colored digitally, are tied directly to classic books stacked near the sleeping bags.
A rousing read.”
- Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Esenwine's balladic verse and Koehler's sturdily drafted pencil drawings
don't just lobby for children to read - they show how readers play."
- Publisher's Weekly
"This picture book, reminiscent of Where the Wild Things Are, encourages children to find adventures in a boundless world through reading.”
- School Library Connection
"The verse is incantatory...a simple idea that’s engagingly executed."
- School Library Journal
ONCE UPON ANOTHER TIME
"A necessary addition to picture-book collections."
- ALA'S Booklist
"A near-perfect way to remind children of all their planet has to offer."
-School Library Journal
"An evocative encouragement to experience the glory of nature."
- Publisher's Weekly
"A beautiful, lyrical tribute to the wonder and hush of the natural world,
matched by lush, painterly illustrations of wide-open spaces."
Diana Murray, author of City Shapes and Summer Color!
A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO BEING HUMAN
"This book might be the start of something wonderful."
- Asheville Times-Citizen
"EVERYONE needs this book. ALL libraries, ALL classrooms, ALL humans."
- Mrs. Knott's Book Nook
DON'T ASK A DINOSAUR
"A wild romp guaranteed for a fun bedtime read."
- Parenting NH magazine, June 2018
"The writers artfully incorporate the name...
...of each prehistoric partygoer into the rollicking rhyme."
- ALA's Booklist
ELLIOT, THE HEART-SHAPED FROG
"A sweet tale of exploration and finding a new friend."
- Henry Herz, author of I Am Smoke and 2 Pirates + 1 Robot
"Elliot is an adorable protagonist, and the perfect critter to reinforce colors
and shapes with young readers as he searches for his perfect heart-shaped home!"
- Michelle Schaub, author of Fresh-Picked Poetry: A Day at the Farmer's Market
and Kindness is a Kite String
